Windy

The day began with overcast that cleared during the morning.  The sunnier the day grew the windier it got.  White throats and a red belly came for breakfast.  A female cardinal took possession of the seed feeder.  A yellow rumped warbler watched from the top of the post.  A wren worked on mealworms.  Squirrels were feeling frisky.  I went off to the pool.

A titmouse lunched on suet.  After lunch, a Cooper's hawk swooped past the feeders and almost got a titmouse on the suet.

Buffleheads paddled and dived and preened all afternoon. Cormorants and turtles soaked up sun on the logs lining the lake.  A ruddy duck floated on the creek.  The wind roughened the water till there were tiny whitecaps.  A gull landed on the creek and caught something.  Then a pelican landed on the lake to bathe.  It was in breeding colors, first of the season.  The cormorants ignored it.